It’s Really About
Ethics in Newspaper Journalism
Written By: Christos Gage
Art By: Joe Bennett, Sean Parsons, Hi-Fi
Letters By: Deron Bennett
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Release Date: February 3, 2016
*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*
We’re all on the
edges of our seats, gripping our armrests and gritting our teeth in
anticipation of Batman v. Superman: Dawn
of Justice, and Dr. Pepper revels in it. They want to exploit our
compulsive need to know by releasing digital chapters to a prequel comic, each
chapter focusing on one of the core characters. Thankfully, the internet is a
populist haven for teasers and spoilers, and every chapter has been released
online for public consumption. And you know what means, dear readers: they’ve
also been released for critique and nit-picking! I dove into the world of Zack
Snyder’s Lois Lane in this second chapter to this promotional comic, and came
up for air to write this review!
Explain It!:
This comic gives
up some world-building information immediately, as on the first page we see
Lois Lane and Clark Kent striding purposefully from the Daily Planet Newsroom
to their respective assignments: Clark to cover some floods in Bangladesh, Lois
to expose a corrupt corporate executive. Humorously, in the next panel, we see
Lois waiting for the elevator to the lobby, while Clark starts to ascend the
adjacent staircase. Perhaps Kent will be covering these floods in more than a
reporter’s capacity.
Lois keeps her
meeting with one Mark Hanford, owner and proprietor of Hanford Technologies.
She wastes no time laying into this poor bastard, revealing proof that he
covered up the existence of three Kryptonian technologies uncovered during the
excavation of his old headquarters, which was demolished during the events of
the Man of Steel. Lane shows Hanford that she knows he tried to sell this tech
online and didn’t report it to Homeland Security, which is bad because then
they feel left out. Feeling backed into a corner, Hanford pulls a gun on Lois,
but she calmly points out that he still has a chance to explain himself if he
doesn’t commit cold-blooded murder. She says she can spin his story to show
that he was merely trying to raise some capital to do good for Metropolis, and
with the right PR he could be out of prison in about twelve years. Some sirens
are heard, and Lois says she already informed the Metropolis Police and
Homeland Security, but when the sirens go away Hanford realizes he’s been
tricked—and this realization allows him to bring his guard down just long
enough for Lois to beat the snot out of him. Later, we see Lex Luthor has
absorbed Hanford Technologies in his continuing quest to rebuild Metropolis…but
is it for the citizens, or for him?
Spoiler: it’s for him. Definitely part of some evil plot by Luthor.
That about wraps
it up for chapter two of this promotional comic. Not a ton of stuff happens,
but you do get the idea that Lois is headstrong, capable, and perhaps a little
bit arrogant—but she does have the muck-raking and butt-kicking credentials to
back that up. This chapter moves along at a good clip and what’s happening in
the dialogue is overwrought, but compelling enough to keep reading. Which, I
suppose, is about as good as one can expect. I don’t know that this chapter has
increased my anticipation for the movie, but it definitely didn’t kill it.
Bits and Pieces:
What you’ve got
here is a fairly cool scene from a movie, translated to the comic format. Most
of it takes place in one room and there’s a lot of back-and-forth chatter, but
the characterization and dialogue are nicely developed and enjoyable to read.
The whole comic is pretty well-executed, to be fair, it’s just not exactly
chock full of action. We do learn quite a bit about the world post-Man of Steel, but a lot of it is
revealed in the other chapters as well. At least the price is right.
6.5/10
lois lane kicks ass
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